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Saturday, 27 October 2012

Rain, rain and more rain.

For about the last five weeks it's rained nearly every day, and more rain is predicted for the next five days. Yesterday at about 6 pm we had what can only be described as a cloudburst, the rain came down in a solid sheet with small hail for about 20 minutes.

The ground is sodden and saturated.

The pond just below the cottage has been overflowing for two weeks now.

Every water course is flowing strongly and the rivers are close to bursting their banks.

sorry for all your rain. i'm glad though that i'm not the only one getting too much. it's not good to feel alone ;-) we do get a lot of rain where i live but we can go through drier periods from time to time. right now, it's raining!

A little rain doesn't hurt as long as it runs off and doesn't flood everything. Hail can come anytime the air above is cold. Here in Nor Cal we have had hail all year around. Sometimes we have so much hail at one time you can't tell if it's hail or snow because everything is white, especially this time of year.

About Me

I was born in Durban 69 years ago. Qualified as a librarian in my 40's and now run a school library. I live in Estcourt KwaZuluNatal. Estcourt is a small town near the the Drakensberg mountains and very close to lots of great trout water, both still and river. Other species of fish are black bass, Natal yellow fish, carp, sharptooth catfish and several other species.